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Would any of you guys take a risk and trade for Brand during the offseason? His contract is horrible, but the Rockets need to make some kind of roster improvements if they want to compete for a championship next year. I'm sure that the Sixers would trade Brand for Battier, JJ, and Hill. If Brand returns to his old form or something close to it, the Rockets would have a good shot at winning it all.

JJ, Battier, Hill >>> Brand

But you can send over Evan Turner or Iguodala along with Spieghts

HTown_TMac wrote:JJ, Battier, Hill >>> Brand

But you can send over Evan Turner or Iguodala along with Spieghts

A healthy Brand was a 24 and 10 guy that played good defense. He has obviously declined since then, but he could still be a good player for the Rockets imo. I really don't see why he wouldn't be able to make a comeback. It's not like his game is based on athleticism like some other players. I would rather see the Rockets take a gamble this offseason than not make any moves at all. They don't have a shot at winning with the roster they have now.

Sixers is basically on their knees begging for teams to take on Brand's contract and you want us to trade our young players for him. *shakes head*

i like him, think he can get close to 20/10 he was, but there's no way we can get him w/o trading half our core players. and yall dont even have sammy d to make up for the loss of scola

I do not want Elton Brand's contract. It's ridiculous.

Anyways that trade sucks. Battier, JJ. and Hill for Brand?
You do know that we can give philly **** for Brand right?

joeyyowee wrote:

HTown_TMac wrote:JJ, Battier, Hill >>> Brand

But you can send over Evan Turner or Iguodala along with Spieghts

A healthy Brand was a 24 and 10 guy that played good defense. He has obviously declined since then, but he could still be a good player for the Rockets imo. I really don't see why he wouldn't be able to make a comeback. It's not like his game is based on athleticism like some other players. I would rather see the Rockets take a gamble this offseason than not make any moves at all. They don't have a shot at winning with the roster they have now.

Philly has yet to see a healthy brand. Werent they shopping #2 with Brand before the draft? That should gage his value.

Why would off the same package for Bosh for Brand? Makes absolutely no sense.

Morey has Bosh and five backup plans. Trading for Brand is plan 7.

If you'd offer Philly eight David Andersen's for Brand they'd take it and run.

If the OP wants us to agree with him then he should just say so, otherwise... no one else in their right mind would want to take on Brand and his contract.

BTW he avged 24/10 once. 5 seasons ago. He's 31 years old now and avged 13/6 last year in 76 games. At best, he can maybe still net 16/8, which is decent for sure... but yeah, not enough for his contract.

Drugs?

Nope. Old, injured, and has little left. There are better younger players available at a lower salary range... Scola is even arguably better at this point at half the price.

owie!

owie, joeyyowie!

If arguing that the Rockets should actually try to get Brand, and not meaning that we should take Brand to get some of the Sixer's valuable stuff doesn't merit the above, nothing does.

I think that package might be good enough to land Jefferson

Brand has seen his best days. Downhill from here on out and that contract is crazy horrible.

joeyyowee wrote:

HTown_TMac wrote:JJ, Battier, Hill >>> Brand

But you can send over Evan Turner or Iguodala along with Spieghts

A healthy Brand was a 24 and 10 guy that played good defense. He has obviously declined since then, but he could still be a good player for the Rockets imo. I really don't see why he wouldn't be able to make a comeback. It's not like his game is based on athleticism like some other players. I would rather see the Rockets take a gamble this offseason than not make any moves at all. They don't have a shot at winning with the roster they have now.

Brand is no kid. He's HAD 2 yr back...and continued to decline. He's now slow, can't jump and grumpy about it. His contract is massive making him a player with a value well below ZERO

joeyyowee wrote:Would any of you guys take a risk and trade for Brand during the offseason? His contract is horrible, but the Rockets need to make some kind of roster improvements if they want to compete for a championship next year. I'm sure that the Sixers would trade Brand for Battier, JJ, and Hill. If Brand returns to his old form or something close to it, the Rockets would have a good shot at winning it all.

Are you nuts Brand would not be an up grade over Scola it would be a down grade and there is not telling if he would stay healthy. You are stuck with Brand tell his final year when that contract will be worth something. **** if you want someone like Morey to take on a bad contract then you are going to have to package 2 future 1st rounds like the Knicks did but there are to many years left on the deal.

Brand is definitely not an upgrade.

Rockets need to:

1. Find a solid PF (Amare, Bosh, Big Al) and do a sign-n-trade
2. Make Anderson 3rd string center behind Yao and Hayes
3. Decide what's up with the backup point guard position (Lowry or upgrade?)
4. Give Jordan Hill loads of playing time off the bench (1st big off bench) to see what he's got.